<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the award-winning naval scholar N. A. M. Rodger comes the most revealing account yet of the mighty Georgian navy and British naval society of the eighteenth century.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Meticulously researched, Rodger's portrait draws the reader into this fascinatingly complex world with vivid, entertaining characters and full details of life below the decks. <em>The Wooden World</em> provides the most complete history of a navy at any age, and is sure to be an indispensable volume for all fans of Patrick O'Brian, English history, and naval history.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>'This excellent book, both scholarly and readable, gives us a new approach to the eighteenth-century British Navy, which helps to explain its historic achievement and illuminates the society of which it was a characteristic and resounding expression throughout the world.' - A.L. Rowse<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[Rodger] provides the reader with the most authoritative and enjoyable text on the subject that can be imagined.--Patrick O'Brian<br>
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